Published in Educación 3.0 and Digital AV Magazine
Located in Irún (Basque Country), CIFP Bidasoa LHII is committed to being at the forefront of training, both by developing innovative projects with high technological value and applicability to its training programmes and by bringing new methodologies and technologies into its classrooms. That is why it has introduced Traulux interactive monitors with PC-OPS modules at its facilities.
The vocational training centre meets the needs of the industrial fabric of the Bidasoa district, with 10 training programmes: 4 intermediate and 6 higher level. Aware of the new challenges facing society, it has implemented a challenge-based teaching methodology, in which a group of students is confronted with real problems, drawing on their experience and creativity.
Challenge-based methodology
As the operations director puts it, “to solve the challenge, the student analyses what they need and asks us for the necessary information, which will be used immediately. The learning curve is steeper because they see the practical use of what is being explained to them”.
As well as technical content, this methodology allows them to work on the soft skills needed in everyday business life. For example: teamwork, communication and initiative when faced with a problem, critical thinking and the development of digital ICT skills, which are so important in today’s society.
An ideal solution for classroom collaboration
This is where the solution provided to the Bidasoa centre by the integrator Unión Radio Irún and Charmex comes in. It consists of 86-inch Traulux interactive monitors, plus PC - OPS modules with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed, wheeled stands that let the monitor be moved wherever it is needed, and charging cabinets for the students’ PCs.
The Traulux TLM80 interactive monitors, they explain, are used as a collaboration tool in class activities across all departments, as well as in face-to-face and online meetings.
These displays are ideal for teaching, as they allow up to 40 simultaneous touch points (20 for writing). Among their most notable features is the advanced whiteboard, where notes can be made and class ideas organised in an "infinite" space, with the option of resizing and duplicating.
They also include EsharePRO, for wireless casting of up to 4 devices on screen at once, compatible with every operating system. With reverse mirroring of up to 10 devices and remote control from a PC, these are very useful features for getting everyone in the class collaborating.
Located in Irún (Basque Country), CIFP Bidasoa LHII is committed to being at the forefront of training, both by developing innovative projects with high technological value and applicability to its training programmes and by bringing new methodologies and technologies into its classrooms. That is why it has introduced Traulux interactive monitors with PC-OPS modules at its facilities.
The vocational training centre meets the needs of the industrial fabric of the Bidasoa district, with 10 training programmes: 4 intermediate and 6 higher level. Aware of the new challenges facing society, it has implemented a challenge-based teaching methodology, in which a group of students is confronted with real problems, drawing on their experience and creativity.
Challenge-based methodology
As the operations director puts it, “to solve the challenge, the student analyses what they need and asks us for the necessary information, which will be used immediately. The learning curve is steeper because they see the practical use of what is being explained to them”.
As well as technical content, this methodology allows them to work on the soft skills needed in everyday business life. For example: teamwork, communication and initiative when faced with a problem, critical thinking and the development of digital ICT skills, which are so important in today’s society.
An ideal solution for classroom collaboration
This is where the solution provided to the Bidasoa centre by the integrator Unión Radio Irún and Charmex comes in. It consists of 86-inch Traulux interactive monitors, plus PC - OPS modules with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed, wheeled stands that let the monitor be moved wherever it is needed, and charging cabinets for the students’ PCs.
The Traulux TLM80 interactive monitors, they explain, are used as a collaboration tool in class activities across all departments, as well as in face-to-face and online meetings.
These displays are ideal for teaching, as they allow up to 40 simultaneous touch points (20 for writing). Among their most notable features is the advanced whiteboard, where notes can be made and class ideas organised in an "infinite" space, with the option of resizing and duplicating.
They also include EsharePRO, for wireless casting of up to 4 devices on screen at once, compatible with every operating system. With reverse mirroring of up to 10 devices and remote control from a PC, these are very useful features for getting everyone in the class collaborating.
The “heart” of the system is a PC-OPS + Windows 10 Pro. The OPS format allows the computer to be integrated into the monitor’s own chassis, which brings several advantages to the system: being integrated, it does not need to be connected externally, and the power and all communication ports are direct, making it more secure and reducing the rate of incidents caused by poor connections or wear on the connectors over the years.
In addition, the computer starts automatically when the OPS option is selected from among the various input sources, or when it is set to start at the same time as the monitor; and when the monitor is switched off (or scheduled to switch off at a certain time), the PC also shuts down through the Windows “shut down” process.
A year of experience
Both students (around 500) and teachers have had day-to-day access to the Traulux monitors for a year now. “The interactivity has been very useful to us. As has the availability of videos explaining how to use the equipment.”
According to the centre, “we were already using projectors and electronic whiteboards to teach our classes”. But, “based on the needs of the academic centre, we have been adapting to new technologies in line with the funds available”.
As the centre stresses, technical teaching teams are used to receiving training in new technologies, and to renewing and updating themselves for new realities. That is why, they explain, they have encountered no obstacles at all in bringing the monitors into their classroom dynamics.
Integrated Centres are those that deliver all the training programmes leading to vocational training qualifications and/or professional certificates, aimed at professionals in three groups: initial training, training for people in work and training for the unemployed
The current educational offering of the Integrated Vocational Training Centre focuses on the Mechanical Manufacturing, Wood and Furniture, Electricity, Industrial Electronics and Telecommunications Electronics families.
Among its latest innovation projects are the creation of a sustainable-mobility Parking 4.0, with a charging point for two electric vehicles plus a photovoltaic canopy that feeds the energy generated directly into the school’s facilities, and, separately, a parking area for electric scooters. There is also a project to monitor electricity and lighting consumption, in order to analyse how to optimise a building’s systems.